Teska, a Vulcan child raised on earth, is destined to play a crucial
role in the reunification of the Vulcan and Romulan peoples. While
Spock escorts his young niece back to Vulcan for her betrothal
ceremony, he strives to help her understand both her Vulcan herritage
and her growing telepathic abilities. But when an unplanned mind meld
reveals the true identity of a deadly assassin to Teska, she and Spock
find themselves the target of a Rigelian criminal network. With the
enterprise light years away, Spock and his niece must go on the run,
pursued by a conspiracy determined to end Teska's future before it has
even begun.